Senior Services

Senior Services serves the Chassidish elder population of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We offer two branches of service: group therapy for women aged 60+, and services for Holocaust survivors.

Senior women's therapy groups meet monthly at our 926 Family Center. They address issues that affect that population such as family relationships, trauma, and grieving. They are run by a Yiddish-speaking licensed social worker.

We also serve Holocaust survivors and their family caregivers in the Williamsburg community. Our goal is to support and uplift this special population. With great sensitivity and care, we offer them emotional support, daily life support, therapy, and uplifting events. Services are offered in Yiddish and Hungarian, so that everyone served can communicate in her native language. This program is supported by the Claims Conference, the NYC Council, and the Jewish Federations of North America.

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Supportive Services

Pesach Tikvah employs the unique "Supportive Community" model to maximize the physical and emotional well-being of the many Holocaust survivors residing in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Trained staff and volunteers make hundreds of visits to Holocaust survivors each month. They provide much needed emotional support and stimulation, telephone support, group activities, social events, one-on-one art, drama, and music therapy, behavioral health support, advocacy, case management, and activity packages. The Supportive Community also provides light handyman services to survivors, free of charge. This includes changing light bulbs, adjusting heat and air-conditioning, and minor repairs. Supportive Community Services are made possible through a generous grant from the Claims Conference, as well as funding from the New York City Council. The Holocaust program also provides critical respite, training, and educational services to hundreds of family caregivers through generous grants from the New York City Council.

Events for Holocaust Survivors

Pesach Tikvah sponsors group outings and events for Holocaust survivors. These outings and events offer the survivors and their caregivers an opportunity for camaraderie and friendship. Senior Service's elegant monthly luncheons for Holocaust Survivors include educational and motivational speakers and interactive activities. We organize outings to local attractions, such as a ceramic painting studio and picnics at local parks. We also host get togethers at our 926 Family Center conference room, which always include hands-on projects that the attendees can collaborate on.

Home Visits for Holocaust Survivors

Maintaining independence is crucial for the morale of the seniors. Pesach Tikvah coordinates a group of devoted volunteers who make a minimum of one weekly visit to the home of a local Holocaust survivor. The volunteers chat, check on their welfare, run errands for them, and assist them with hobbies or other special interests. In order to ease the pain of Holocaust survivors, Pesach Tikvah sends Yiddish speaking counselors to the homes of these seniors, assisting them with the traumas that still affect them. Experts in the mental health field are consulted, as needed, to help deal with depression and the long-term effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.